Battery tongs



June 24, 1930.

D. E. LEASURE BATTERY TONGS Filed July 13,. 1928 3 men $01: 05 [[IJME Patented June 24, 1930 DAVID E. LEASUR-E, on Los Anennns,

CALIFORNIAASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF 'ro ROY n. LEASURE, or VENTURA, CALIFORNIA BATTERY TONGS Application med my 13,

-My invention relates to tools, and more particularly to such tools as function as battery tongs whereby the terminals of a bat tery may be quickly and expeditiously re moved. a j V g It accordingly is an object of my invention to provide a novel form of battery tongs having a stationary jaw adapted to engage the side of a battery terminal, and a reciprocatingmember adapted to engage the top of said terminal, means being also provided in theshape of a handle,said handle having means, such as gearteeth to engage arack on' said member so that by manipulating said handle said member and said jaw will coact to expeditiously and quickly remove said terminal. i

It is also an object of my invention to provide a movable jaw to operate in'conjunction with the stationary jaw and the reciprocating member, either one or two handles, as desired, being provided to. operate said reciprocating member and said movable jaw either simultaneously or individually.

Further objects and advantages of my in vention, as will hereinafter more fully appear, I attain by the device described in the specification and illustrated on the drawings, forming a part of my application.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference charac-- ters denote similar parts. In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of one form of my invention having a movable jaw,

/ with closure of the housing broken away to disclose the internal construction,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view, similar to Fig. 1, but showing another form of my invention in which two operating handles are provided, 2 r

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of Fig. 1,

7 but showing the position of the parts when the battery terminal is removed,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view, similar to Fig. 4, but showing anotherform of my invention in which there is no movable jaw, and

Fig. 6 is an elevational view showing the 1928; Serial No. 292,445.

practical application of the tongsdepicted I V in Fig. 3 applied to a battery terminal.

. Descri I provide a housing 2 (Figs. 1 and 2) having associated therewith in any suitable way, as by rivets 4 or otherwise, a stationary jaw I 6, provided with a terminal engaging porbing my invention more in detail,

ciprocatingmember 28,..the top part 30 of 1 which is adapted toengage the top; of the batteryterminal 12", said member having an exten'sion82 provided with "a rack 34 whereby said member may be reciprocated, said member also having a curved portion or cam means 36 adapted toengage the complemen- 'tarycam means 26 on the movable jaw 20.

To operate the rack 34,an ojperatinghandle or member 38, providedwith a suitable gear 40,the teethhof which are in engage.- ment; with the rack; 34, and for;th e-sake of. repair; or cleaning the housing 2may-be pro.- v'ided with a closure 42, which maybe 'removableby any suitable .meansiasthe' re-' movable bolts 44, said tongs having-also. a .manipulating; handle 46,which handle, if de sired, may be integral-with; the "closure 42, V

or otherwise.

; To-iremove the battery terminal 12, the v jaws 6 and .20 are, placed over .said terminal, the. bifur'catedJportions 10' and, 24engaging thev side portions of said terminal (Fig- 6), .after which; the handle 38-, through the gear 40-and-racki34, causes the'member 28 to be moved so. that T its top; portion 30 engages the top -of sa-id terminal, afterywhich the simultaneous manipulation of the handles 38 and 46 will instantly remove saidterminah; Fig. -.4;-'s owsthe parts in position as .theterminal isrremoved.

Fig. 311. have shown a modification 1n which two operating handles 38 are used to actuate the reciprocating member 28 and movable jaw 20, either individually Or simultaneously, so that the movable jaw 20 may coact with the stationary jaw 6, engaging the sides of the battery terminal 12,. to remove said terminal, the operation being precisely the same as that of the other form of my invention.

The left'hand-le 38' is provided with a gear 40 to engage the rack 34% of the member 28, and the right handle 38' is provided with the engaging means 36, which may be in the form of teeth, to engage the complementary means 26 on the movable jaw 20, said handle being pivoted to the housing 2, as indicated at 48'. p

Fig. 5 shows another form of my invention in which there is no movable jaw, the housing 2 having associated therewith in any preferred manner the stationary jaw 6", the projection 8 functioning to engage one side of the battery terminal.

The casing 2 is also provided with the reciprocating member 28 having its upper part 30 adapted to engage the top of the battery terminal, said member having on the lower portion 32 thereof the rack 34" to be engaged by the teeth of the gear 4L0" associated withthe operating handle 38". Since the operation of this form of my invention is identicalwith the others, the description thereof need not be repeated.

While I have thus described my invention with great particularity, it will be clear that it may be modifiedthroughout a wide range. I accordingly do not propose to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described but reserve the right in practice to make any and all modifications thereof that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention: 7

1. In a device of the character described, a housing, a'stationary jaw on said housing, a movable jaw on said housing, a reciprocating member in said housing, means on said member and on said movable jaw adaptedto coact so that said member will cating member positioned between said jaws and adapted to engage the top of said terminal, a rack on said member, an operating handle for operating said member, a set of gear teeth on said handle for engaging said rack, and a second handle for operating said movable jaw.

4:. A battery tongs comprising a stationary and a movable jaw adapted to engage the sides of a battery terminal, a reciprocating member adapted to engage the top of said terminal, a rack on said reciprocating member, an operating handle for operating said rack, gear teeth on said handle for engaging said rack, a second handle for operating said movable jaw, and means on said second handle for-operating said movable jaw.

5. In a battery tongs, an elongated handle member having a widened portion forming a casing, and stationary jaw at one end thereof, said jaw being adapted to engage the side of a battery terminal, and below the top thereof, a cover for said casing, a

reciprocating member in said casing, said member having a portion adapted to engage the top of said terminal, and elongated means for operating said member, said means being positioned on the stationary jaw. side of said casing.

.In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to this specification.

r DAVID E. LEASURE.

actuate said movable jaw, and means associated with said casing for operating said reciprocating member. y

2. In a device of the character described, a housing, a stationary jaw on said housing, a movable jaw o'n said housing, a reciprocating member in said housing, means associated with said member and said movable jaw whereby said member will move said movable jaw, a rack 'on said member,'and a toothed operating member pivotedto said housing for operating said cate said member; A c

3. A battery tongs. comprising a stationary and a movable jaw "adapted to engage rack to reciprothe sides of a battery terminal, a 'recipro- 

